gpwpat
Adventurer
A quick share on my solution. I mounted a tent on top of my trailer so I needed a leg. but since everything on my trailer is bolted on using existing holes I had to make something that would work and get the job donesince all of my modifications are reversable. I am a collector and can't stand the thought of modifying my origional trailer and ruining its historical accuracy. Here is my solution. Total cost is 1 recycled bed frame. and about 50 bucks for the reciever tubes and the jack.
I took the trailer to Montana, and I figured I needed a way to haul a spair since 2K miles on wwii tread tires and tubes I was not sure how they would do at 75 mph. so I build up a reciever mount for the trailer. This allows me to do many things. Carry a spair. attach a recovery point, slide in bike rack and attach my rear jack that keeps the trailer from doing a back flip while the family is inside.
this simply slides into the reciever tube that is welded to the angle iron. the angle iron is bolted into existing tooling holes in the frame of the trailer at the rear and the next crossmember.
I can mount the jack sideways for transport or vert for use. I also put a reciever tube on the spair tire bracket I made that slides into the reciever so I can use the jack without removing the spair. This also means that I don't have to put the tire in the trailer or the jack in the trailer. It can just hang off the rear for my roadtrip.
the other cool part about using the reciever tube. I can slide in a bike rack to transport the kids bikes.
Oh by the way all this stuff comes off as soon as I can find a canadian M101 to put it all on. and my wwii trailer is none the worse for wear. it just gets to see the country until then.
Some additional info. The jack is a sliding jack from Harbor Freight for 20 bucks. This allows me to pull the pin and drop it very quickly to match the terrain. and a couple of cranks to level it up in the rear. I also put reflector tape on it since these pictures. since the whle assembly hangs off the rear pretty far from the tailights I wanted it to be seen at night.
The jack worked great. and is a great idea that can work with any trailer with a reciver tube. The spair tire thing. well it works looks fine and all but really changes the center of gravity of the trailer. and makes the toung light so loading the trailer I have to watch to make sure I get 100 lbs toung wt. I would have liked to put it on the front or under the trailer but I didn't want to comprimise my ground clearance. It did work fine for my road trip.
I have to re think the spair tire mount. I may move it under the trailer after all.
But it looks cool and is jeepish to have a spair hanging off the rear.
I took the trailer to Montana, and I figured I needed a way to haul a spair since 2K miles on wwii tread tires and tubes I was not sure how they would do at 75 mph. so I build up a reciever mount for the trailer. This allows me to do many things. Carry a spair. attach a recovery point, slide in bike rack and attach my rear jack that keeps the trailer from doing a back flip while the family is inside.
this simply slides into the reciever tube that is welded to the angle iron. the angle iron is bolted into existing tooling holes in the frame of the trailer at the rear and the next crossmember.
I can mount the jack sideways for transport or vert for use. I also put a reciever tube on the spair tire bracket I made that slides into the reciever so I can use the jack without removing the spair. This also means that I don't have to put the tire in the trailer or the jack in the trailer. It can just hang off the rear for my roadtrip.
the other cool part about using the reciever tube. I can slide in a bike rack to transport the kids bikes.
Oh by the way all this stuff comes off as soon as I can find a canadian M101 to put it all on. and my wwii trailer is none the worse for wear. it just gets to see the country until then.
Some additional info. The jack is a sliding jack from Harbor Freight for 20 bucks. This allows me to pull the pin and drop it very quickly to match the terrain. and a couple of cranks to level it up in the rear. I also put reflector tape on it since these pictures. since the whle assembly hangs off the rear pretty far from the tailights I wanted it to be seen at night.
The jack worked great. and is a great idea that can work with any trailer with a reciver tube. The spair tire thing. well it works looks fine and all but really changes the center of gravity of the trailer. and makes the toung light so loading the trailer I have to watch to make sure I get 100 lbs toung wt. I would have liked to put it on the front or under the trailer but I didn't want to comprimise my ground clearance. It did work fine for my road trip.
I have to re think the spair tire mount. I may move it under the trailer after all.
But it looks cool and is jeepish to have a spair hanging off the rear.
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